gimletyadj.

/ˈɡɪmlɪti/

Forms: Also gimletty.

Etymology: < gimlet n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Of eyes: piercing like a gimlet.

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the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [adjective]

piercinga1400

piercive1567

narrow1587

lynceous1592

lyncean1622

telescopic1749

ferrety1801

pee pee1804

falcon-eyed1847

peepy1847

naked-bladed1856

gimlety1899

night-adapted1961

1899 Daily News 3 Jan. 5/6 Small, gimlety eyes.

1900 Daily News 3 May 7/2 I can see the black, beady, gimletty, oblique eyes of his opponent glitter.

1919 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps 13 Small gimlety blue eyes.

1955 English Digest June 44/2 Corporal of Horse Pomfret..subjected us to a dispassionate scrutiny. His gimlety eye fell on me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gimlety
释义	gimletyadj. /ˈɡɪmlɪti/ Forms: Also gimletty. Etymology: < gimlet n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Of eyes: piercing like a gimlet. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > types of sight organ > [adjective] piercinga1400 piercive1567 narrow1587 lynceous1592 lyncean1622 telescopic1749 ferrety1801 pee pee1804 falcon-eyed1847 peepy1847 naked-bladed1856 gimlety1899 night-adapted1961 1899 Daily News 3 Jan. 5/6 Small, gimlety eyes. 1900 Daily News 3 May 7/2 I can see the black, beady, gimletty, oblique eyes of his opponent glitter. 1919 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps 13 Small gimlety blue eyes. 1955 English Digest June 44/2 Corporal of Horse Pomfret..subjected us to a dispassionate scrutiny. His gimlety eye fell on me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1899
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